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NIH FIRST at Mount Sinai

The NIH Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) program at Icahn Mount Sinai is led by a multidisciplinary team of renowned investigators. The twelve new faculty that we hire will be sorted, based on their scientific foci and expertise, into four clusters (neuroscience, health equity, cancer, and microbiology) within The Friedman Brain Institute, the Institute for Health Equity Research, The Tisch Cancer Institute, and the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute. Leaders from across the institution are deeply committed to the success of these faculty and the program overall.

In addition to our core faculty, our staff, executive steering committee, external advisory board and outreach partners collaborate with us as partners in outreach and recruitment of FIRST faculty candidate including

External Advisory Board

Staff

Erin Brittain, Faculty Development and Evaluation Core Program Coordinator
Ju-hsin (Judy) Chen, Research Programmer Analyst
Cindy Clesca, Cluster Oversight Coordinator
Richa Deshpande, Biostatistician
Yvette Hutson, Administrative Core Coordinator
Holden Kata, Senior Program Manager

Outreach Partners

The NIH FIRST Cohort Cluster Hiring Initiative at Icahn Mount Sinai is supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U54CA267776. This award is supported by the NIH Common Fund, through the Office of Strategic Coordination/Office of the NIH Director.

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Administrative Core

Composed of the principal investigator and multiple principal investigators, our Administrative Core oversees all aspects of the NIH FIRST program at Icahn Mount Sinai.

Emma K Benn, DrPH

Principal Investigator

Kirk Campbell, MD

Multiple Principal Investigator

Eric J Nestler, MD, PhD

Multiple Principal Investigator

Lynne D Richardson, MD

Multiple Principal Investigator

Cluster Oversight Committee

The Cluster Oversight Committee facilitates research success and professional development of the new hires in their respective Institutes.

Luz Claudio, PhD

Research Cluster Affiliation: Health Equity
Professor

Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD

Research Cluster Affiliation: Microbiology
Director, Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute

Carol R Horowitz, MD, MPH

Research Cluster Affiliation: Health Equity
Founding Director, Institute for Health Equity Research

Yasmin Hurd, PhD

Research Cluster Affiliation: Neuroscience
Director, Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai

Ramon Parsons, MD, PhD

Research Cluster Affiliation: Cancer
Director, The Tisch Cancer Institute

Viviana A Simon, MD, PhD

Research Cluster Affiliation: Microbiology
Professor

Emanuela Taioli, MD, PhD

Research Cluster Affiliation: Cancer
Director, Institute for Translational Epidemiology

Barbara Vickrey, MD, MPH

Research Cluster Affiliation: Neuroscience
Chair and Professor of Neurology

Evaluation Core

The Evaluation Core is responsible for assessing the effectiveness and impact of NIH FIRST at Mount Sinai through rigorous, multilevel, iterative evaluation.

Uraina Clark, PhD

Core Director

Sarah J Miller, PsyD

Assistant Professor

Nihal E Mohamed, PhD

Core Director

Tracy Layne, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Jamilia Sly, PhD

Assistant Professor

Executive Steering Committee

Gary C Butts, MD

DEAN FOR DIVERSITY PROGRAMS, POLICY, AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

CHIEF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OFFICER FOR THE MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM

PROFESSOR | Medical Education

PROFESSOR | Pediatrics

PROFESSOR | Environmental Medicine & Public Health

Dennis S Charney, MD

DEAN | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM

PROFESSOR | Psychiatry

PROFESSOR | Neuroscience

PROFESSOR | Pharmacological Sciences

Alison M Goate, DPhil

PROFESSOR & CHAIR | Genetics and Genomic Sciences

PROFESSOR | Neuroscience

PROFESSOR | Neurology

Annetine C Gelijns, PhD, JD

PROFESSOR AND SYSTEM CHAIR | Population Health Science and Policy

Paul J Kenny, PhD

PROFESSOR & CHAIR | Neuroscience

DIRECTOR, DRUG DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

Reginald W Miller, DVM, DACLAM

DEAN FOR RESEARCH OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

PROFESSOR | Comparative Medicine and Surgery

PROFESSOR | Environmental Medicine & Public Health

PROFESSOR | Artificial Intelligence and Human Health

R. Sean Morrison, MD

PROFESSOR AND SYSTEM CHAIR | Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

PROFESSOR | Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine

PROFESSOR | Medicine

Peter Palese, PhD

PROFESSOR & CHAIR | Microbiology

PROFESSOR | Medicine, Infectious Diseases

SHEMA B PATEL-COAKLEY

DEAN, ADMINISTRATION, ISMMS | Administration

Lisa M Satlin, MD

PROFESSOR AND SYSTEM CHAIR | Pediatrics

PROFESSOR | Medicine, Nephrology

David C Thomas, MD, MS, MHPE

DEAN | Medical Education

PROFESSOR | Medicine, General Internal Medicine

PROFESSOR | Rehabilitation and Human Performance

PROFESSOR | Medical Education

Robert O Wright, MD, MPH

PROFESSOR AND SYSTEM CHAIR | Environmental Medicine & Public Health

PROFESSOR | Pediatrics

Faculty Development Core

The Faculty Development Core is responsible for designing and implementing a comprehensive, equitable mentorship and professional development program to support the research success of our new research faculty.